Ida May

The Ida May is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Ida May  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.25806, -123.11694

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Ida May MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ida May


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting (?)


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To 400 Ft. Depth On Dip Of Vein. Sulfide Ore Below This.


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): 54 ACRES. CONSOLIDATED INTO THE NORCAL MINING CO. SOMETIME AFTER 1930. SEE NORCAL. ALSO INCL. FRANCES BELL AND LUCKY STRIKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 6-8 FT. THICK. QTZ. CRUSHED TO SMALL FRAGMENTS WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF GOUGE PRESENT. THOUGHT TO BE FAULTED SEGMENT OF ONE OF VEINS ABOVE. GOUGE ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF VEIN, CONSISTING OF BLACK GRAPHITIC SCHIST. GROUND INTO PUTTY-LIKE GOUGE 2-14 FT. THICK. GOUGE SWELLS FROM LIMESTONE CONTENT. VEIN AVG. 4 FT. THICK IN PAY SHOOTS.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION EST. FROM TOPO.

Comment (Production): OXIDIZED AU ORE FROM ADIT LEVELS NO. 1 AND NO. 2 YIELDED $45,000 FROM 2000 TONS OF ORE. $25,000 PRODUCED FROM NO. 3 LEVEL. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comment (Workings): 600 FT. OF ADITS W/100 FT. OF ADDITIONAL NEW WORKINGS STARTED IN 1935. SERIES OF LEVELS, NO. 1 252 FT. LONG, NO. 2 160 FT. LONG W/STOPES. NO. 3 LEVEL IS 60 FT. BELOW BEGINNING OF SULFIDE ORE, AND RUNS 321 FT. NW, THEN 230 FT. SW FROM IDA MAY VEIN TO FRANCES BELL CLAIM. DIAGONAL CROSSCUTS FROM DRIFT ACROSS VEIN FOR 60 FT. OFF NO. 3 ADIT, 120 FT. DRIFT RUN SE TO A 40 FT.-HIGH RAISE, WHICH FOLLOWED UP DIP OF VEIN 160 FT. ABOVE LEVEL. NEARLY ALL UNDERGROUND WORK IS BY HAND PICKING DUE TO CRUSHED NATURE OF GROUND. NO. 4 LEVEL 384 FT. LONG. RAISE.

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK CRUSHED BLACK SLATY SCHIST AND IN ANDESITIC DIKE. APPEARS AS FLAT BLANKET DEPOSIT GROUND TO GOUGE ALONG ITS CONTACTS BY LOCAL MOVEMENTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 301-2

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 445-446

Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)


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